The Police Service of Scotland (Senior Officers) (Performance) Regulations 2016

Procedure at performance hearing

34.—(1) The procedure at a performance hearing is as follows.

(2) The following individuals may attend the hearing if requested to do so by the chairing member of the panel:—

(a) the reporting officer;

(b) any person whose attendance was notified to the senior officer in accordance with regulation 29(2)(g), provided the senior officer has not refused to consent to their attendance.

(3) The chairing member of the panel must—

(a) explain to the senior officer how the senior officer’s performance is considered to be unsatisfactory;

(b) provide the senior officer with an opportunity to make representations in response; and

(c) provide the senior officer’s police representative (if the senior officer has one) with an opportunity to make representations in accordance with regulation 4(3)(c).

(4) The chairing member of the panel may permit the senior officer to ask questions of any witness.

(5) An audio recording of the hearing must be made and the senior officer must, on request, be supplied with a copy of that recording.